Villa La Collina - 4 Bedrooms, 4 Bathrooms, Spectacular Views and Private Swimming Pool, Magnificent Garden and 3 Hectare Grounds and Olive Grove. Accommodates up to 8 Adults or Children. All Bedrooms Air-conditioned.
Only a 20 minute drive from Pescara International airport and 2 hours from Rome or 1.5 hours from Ancona, this stunning Villa is surrounded by sublime views of the rolling hills and mountains of the Abruzzo countryside and the Adriatic Sea. Villa La Collina is an elegant Italian country house with a private pool, gardens and extensive grounds and olive groves that looks out over the Piomba Valley to the nearby ancient hilltop town of Citta Sant’Angelo, merely a five minute drive away. The seaside resort of Silvi Marina with miles of golden sand and blue flag beaches is about15 minutes away.
The Villa is approached by a private drive secured with electric gates and will sleep up to 8 people in 4 elegant double/twin bedrooms on the ground and first floor levels.
The entrance hall with Maiella stone arches and decorated terracotta floor tiles opens to a spacious modern and fully equipped kitchen with double doors out to a fabulous covered terrace for alfresco dining whilst looking over to the medieval town with its 14th century Cathedral and campenile across the valley. The terrace overlooks the delightful gardens and has sofas and easy chairs to relax in and enjoy a glass or two of Prosecco or the superb (but remarkably inexpensive) Montepulciano d’Abruzzo local wine. The terrace also contains a gas barbecue where the wonderful local lamb, beef and pork can be cooked outdoors.
From the kitchen, an open stone archway leads to a dining room with original exposed stone walls, a cooling overhead fan and an 8 seater table and chairs. The ground floor also has an air-conditioned double/twin bedroom with a striking vaulted ceiling and there is an adjacent wet-room with large shower. From the bedroom there is access to a shady private courtyard.
A winding staircase accesses the upper reception room, cooled by overhead fans and including comfortable sofas, a flat screen tv with a comprehensive selection of DVDs, a brilliant high fi system also with a selection of CDs. There is a wood-burning stove for those cooler autumnal or winter evenings. The double doors open onto a huge first floor terrace extending halfway around the house, overlooking the gardens and pool and gives spectacular views over the surrounding countryside. There are three spacious double/twin bedrooms on this floor, all with air-conditioning and their own individual shower or bathrooms and all with a balcony or access to the first floor outside terrace. On this floor is a study/library with a writing desk and decorative open fireplace and there is a portable wifi dongle/router here for your use. There is also a laundry area with washing machine/dryer.
The first floor terrace has outside stairs leading down to the gardens and the welcoming and substantial swimming pool with Roman steps. The swimming pool is unfenced and young children will need to have adult supervision at all times. The pool has adjacent decking under a shaded pergola. There are plenty of cushioned deck chairs, sun loungers and sun umbrellas on the Maiella stone pool surround and there is a swing seat and also a hammock strapped under the adjascent shady pine trees . .
The house is equipped with sliding insect screens on doors and windows which all have wooden shutters.
The property is surrounded by extensive gardens, shady pine trees and a substantial productive olive grove on the hillside below the villa, consisting of 150 trees, some thought to be over 200 years old.
Villa La Collina is perfectly placed for exploring the joys and delights of the beautiful scenery of the unspoilt and largely unknown Abruzzo countryside and coastline. There are ancient and medieval towns and villages and amazing hilltop fortresses and castles to see and discover. There you will find the spectacular Maiella and Grand Sasso National Parks and mountain ranges, still home to wild bears and wolves, with the astonishing Campo Imperatore high plain with its wildflowers and fauna. The nearby coastline houses fabulous Adriatic beaches, seaside resorts, delicious Abruzzese cuisine and inspiring culture.
Locally, in Citta Sant’Angelo and the surrounding district, there are many supermarkets and shops, restaurants, bars and gelaterias all within a few kilometres. More extensive shopping is found towards and in neighbouring Montesilvano, where there is Pescara Nord, a large outlet mall and hypermarket. In Pescara itself, 25 minutes away, there are all the amenities of a substantial regional capital city,
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